Fifth-wheel



(No Model.)

B. 1E'. GORSUCH.

FIFTH WHEEL. No. 330,781. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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FIFTH-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forlmingvpart of Letters Patent No. 330,781, dated November 17, 1885. Application filed July 11, 1885. Serial No. 171,361. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. GoRsUon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Martinsburg, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fifth-Wheels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my fth-wheel. Fig. 2 isas'ection of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the basering. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the cap-ring.

This invention relates to iifth wheels for buggies, wagons, Src.; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the front axle; B, the head-block; and C, a portion of the reach of the running-gear, which is amply suflicient to render my improvement clear when taken in connection therewith.

D designates the base ring or circle of the fth-wheel, and this base-ringD is clipped to the axle by integral arms EVE and tie-plate F F, secured in place by nuts G G, which hold the tie-plates rmly against the under face of the axle. The base-ring D is provided on its upper face with an annular middle ring, D, which is made integral therewith.

H designates the cap-ring or upper annular portion of the fifth-wheel, which is provided with annular vertically-depending side anges. This part H is provided with an annular middle groove7 I, which ts over the middle ring, D', of the base-ring and equalizes all of the bearings, and prevents the usually greater pressure, strain, and wear upon the outside flanges that occur in the constructions heretofore made. l

M designates the oilcup, which screws into the cap-ring H and supplies the oil to the interior of the fifth-wheel. This construction provides a chamber which approximates a vacuum for the oil to run in. This cap-ring is provided with integral arms B', which are reduced and threaded at their outer ends for the reception of securing-nuts, as shown.

I am aware that it is not new to provide one section of a fifth-Wheel with an annular appending flange to receive the opposite section, and that similar sections have been provided with integral securing-arms, and therefore do not claim such construction, broadly; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim` as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The improved fifth-wheel herein described, consisting, essentially, of the lower ring, D, having the inner vertical annular flange, D', and the depending arms E, formed integral, the capring H, having the depending annular ianges to receive the said vertical flange of the ring D, and integral securing-arms B on its opposite side, the plates to receive the integral branches of the respective rings, and

nuts for securing the same, all arranged and adapted to serve in the manner substantially as shown and described.

, In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. GORSUCH. IWitnesses:

GHARLEY BRAUN, G. W. HAGEY. 

